We have uncovered nine incredible pages from the Super Bowl LI playbook of Bill Belichick a notoriously withdrawn and unemotional man. The plays, along with Belichick’s various notes and doodles, give us an inside look at the brain behind the Patriots dynasty.

1. A doodle of him grinding a falcon

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2. Several pages of a comic called “The Coolest Guys” featuring him and President Trump

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3. A list of reminders

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4. Pages and pages dedicated to a fantasy in which he is adopted by Tom Brady and Gisele Bndchen

5. A bunch of new logos for the team (all bad)

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6. Impossible plays that “would be cool”

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7. Revealing notes for his post-game interview strategy

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8. Dozens of mean drawings of Falcons QB Matt Ryan

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9. Over 20 drawings of sexy footballs with the word “DAMN” written above them

For fans of the wizard series, the new political order is Dumbledores army v President Voldemort. Is it merely a juvenile comparing or have JK Rowlings books shaped a generations supposing?

Every generation has its go-to pop-culture political analogy. For decades, it was Star Wars. Its easy to see how Reagans 80 s space-based weapons shield initiative earned its nickname, for example, but the reference has suffered, to the extent that White House chief strategist Steve Bannon expressed his admiration for the dark side in a recent interview: Darkness is good. Dick Cheney, Darth Vader, Satan. Thats power. But one name was missing from that list: Voldemort.

The Harry Potter rogue has risen again over the past couple of years, as fans have described comparisons, often humorously, between a world under threat from a narcissistic tyrant and that of the Harry Potter books. In February, Bannon was the subject of a Buzzfeed quiz that asked, Who Told It: Steve Bannon or Lord Voldermort ?; it was harder than you might have thought. JK Rowlings readers have grown up at approximately the same pace as Harry, Ron and Hermione, and with its hundreds of millions of volume marketings and the massive success of the movie adaptations, the series reach has been enormous.

What Harry Potter has given a generation is a simple tale of good triumphing over evil, and, as a result, it has been a frequent and controversial point of reference in these times of political divisiveness. At the worldwide Womens Marches in January, there were plenty of homemade signs that indicated Princess Leia as the face of a new resistance, but there were as many Potter ones, such as Dumbledores army, inspirational quotes from the series and references to Hermiones role in Harrys survival. Perhaps these posters had been inspired by an outpouring of affection for the books following the US election in November, as people began to post quotes on Twitter. Order of the Phoenix, mount up, wrote Hamilton inventor Lin-Manuel Miranda. There is even a Chrome extension that changes any mention of Donald Trump or his cabinet to the name of a notable Death Eater. Install it, and your browser will instantly refer to Betsy DeVos as Dolores Umbridge, Jeff Sessions as Antonin Dolohov or Rex Tillerson as Draco Malfoy.

Placards at the Woman March in Washington DC. Photo: Patsy Lynch/ REX/ Shutterstock

I would have been nine or 10 when I started reading it, says Jamie MacColl, 26, the guitarist in Bombay Bicycle Club. Last year MacColl set up the campaign group Undivided, which aims to ensure young peoples voices are heard in Brexit negotiations, and he recently appeared on the BBC Question Time panel. I recollect the craze to read each new volume within minutes of it came to see you, and queueing up in the middle of the night at the bookshop to get it. He says that he can only think of their political or social message in light of JK Rowlings transparently left-leaning Twitter presence. I suppose she has a similar kind of politics to me. But one of the things that struck me at the time was that it didnt matter who you were. Hermione had no wizard blood and was by far the most capable.

The broad central message of the Potter volumes is diversity and adoption of change. As the characters grow older, and the books more complex and mature, the political the effects of not heeding this doctrine become darker and more imperil. The baddies insistence on the superiority of purebloods over mudbloods has overtones of ethnic cleansing; the Death Eaters are fascistic. It would be mean-spirited to spoil the carefully guarded plot of The Cursed Child for those with tickets to see it, but it is fair to say that there is plenty in the play that stimulates this association clear.

In 2013, Anthony Gierzynski, a professor of political science at the University of Vermont, published a study called Harry Potter and the Millennials: Research Methods and the Politics of the Muggle Generation, co-authored with Kathryn Eddy. It aimed to answer the question of whether the Harry Potter story had influenced the politics of millennials. In the introduction, Gierzynski discusses, with what now looks like quaint naivety, online comparisons that at the time variously likened Voldemort to Rick Perry and Dick Cheney.

To say the political landscape has changed is an understatement, he tells me. We have a chairwoman whose rhetoric promotes fanaticism and who fits the typical authoritarian personality. I would think the Harry Potter lessons are even more relevant today than they were for the 2012 election.

Rowling herself nodded to a Trump/ Voldemort comparison back in 2015, when Trump first proposed a ban on Muslims entering the US. How horrible. Voldemort was nowhere near as bad, she tweeted. The link has been make use of others, and often; there are countless memes comparing the president to He Who Must Not Be Named.( Intriguingly, when criticising Trump in recent speeches or interviews, celebrities such as Meryl Streep and Kristen Stewart have declined to address him by name, a stance shared with many US activists .)

In the case of Trump, Gierzynski suggests, a better reference point would be an incompetent Ministry of Magic, Cornelius Fudge-type figure. But he also points out that throwing names around is unlikely to be helpful in the long run. Calling anyone Voldemort is problematic in terms of the debate you might have. It shuts down the debate, he says. If you have a discussion[ about] what happens with these kinds of leaders, and how this leads to an intolerance of out groups that is where the value of the Harry Potter series is, to me. It can provide lessons about how you deal with that sort of injustice and intolerance.

In 2016, Diana Mutz, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics, published a paper called Harry Potter and the Deathly Donald, which cautiously argued that reading Harry Potter or watching the films lowered Americans sentiments of Trump and his policies. Stories can sway people views; Harry Potter is just one that happens to have been read and viewed by a massive number of people. This constructs it potentially more influential than most tales, she tells me by email. Fictional stories are more than just analogies; they are a time-honoured way of influencing opinions. Think of Uncle Toms Cabin and American attitudes towards slavery.

Like Gierzynski, Mutz suggests that the messages of tolerance and diversity in the Harry Potter world have influenced the beliefs of its readers, rather than reflecting an existing point of view. But she was surprised by the strength of the backlash she received upon publishing of the paper. I have never received more hate mail than in response to this study; its a little bit scary, to be honest. Clearly, people who like Donald Trump are uncomfortable with the studys findings, but with empirical data, you dont get to choose your findings. They are what they are, she says.( The current climate is so toxic that Gierzynski also expressed concern. Theres a little bit of anxiety in our discourse. Usually, when I talk to journalists, I wouldnt worry, but these days I do .)

Trump advocates are not alone in criticising the use of Harry Potter as a political analogy. In a scathing post-election column for Esquire last November, Corey Atad wrote that even though he considers himself to be an enormous Harry Potter fan, he found the comparing of Trump to Voldemort, and the idea of an opposition that is Dumbledores army, to be repellent. In tweet after shameful tweet, intellectually and emotionally stunted adults sought to place the election of a fascistic president in words they could easily understand, he wrote. The Huffington Post operated a story that called Trump/ Voldemort comparisons inane and condescending, while Matthew Dessem, a writer for Slate, was similarly outraged: Are you fucking kidding me with this shit? … This is really happening.

All three pieces were written in the immediate aftermath of the election; the anger and fear is palpable and understandable. But the idea of using fictional tales to understand and interpret the world is as old as hour; it is no coincidence that sales of Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Handmaids Tale have soared since November. If, as academics such as Mutz and Gierzynski contend, the Harry Potter series has created a generation of people who are more open-minded and tolerant of difference owing to the books they read as children, then it seems far from adolescent and reductive.

Besides, there is little to suggest that tweeting a Dumbledore quote is as far as a Potter fan might take it. In June last year, Yeni Lopez Sleidi, the editor of the site wwwayward, attained posters of Donald Trump underneath a motivational quote: There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it. Potter fans may recognise these terms as are subordinate to Professor Quirrell, recollecting what the Dark Lord taught him. Sleidi sold a number of posters to Trump supporters and donated the profits to Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, a charity that supports LGBTQ Latino communities. If the purchaser had set the posters on their walls and turned off the illuminations, they would have found that their purchase had a secret: in the dark, Trump vanishes, to be replaced by a glowing green image of Voldemort. Now thats magic.

Robert Wagner has worked with some of the world’s most famous actresses, from Marilyn Munroe to Bette Davis to Elizabeth Taylor to his wife Natalie Wood. Wagner’s memories of these actresses and more fill his latest tome, “I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywood’s Legendary Actresses.” The 86 -year-old star best known for the long running series “Hart to Hart” spoke to FOX4 11 about his long listing of leading ladies.

FOX4 11 : Was it nice to walk down memory lane and remember all these women you’ve worked with?

Robert Wagner: It was fabulous, it was just a fabulous experience and you know it’s a tribute to them and these wonderful ladies who gave us all so very much and especially me. And what a gift it was to have met all of them and worked with them. I didn’t satisfy all of them, but I worked with most of them.

FOX4 11 : Who was your favorite person to work with? Wagner : Oh my favorite person to work with, what a question to ask! I very much enjoyed the opportunity to work with Bette Davis, that was a thrill for me. And I loved working with Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor. FOX4 11 : Who wasn’t so fabulous? Wagner : Well you know everybody has their moments. Shelley Winters was a bit difficult, that was kind of a known thing. But I didn’t have much to do with her. She just made a little bit of problem on the situated.

FOX4 11: You say women have it harder in Hollywood.

Wagner : Yes I think so. I suppose females have it definitely harder everywhere too. In Hollywood I suppose a lot of people took advantage of them, it’s hard for them to maintain their own direction and own feelings because people wanted them to do what they wanted them to do, and they wanted to do what they wanted to do, so that creates a conflict. FOX4 11 : You write that your late spouse Natalie Wood had a difficult childhood. Wagner : I guess she did. One of the problems is when you’re a successful woman, ‘Do you love me for what I am or do you love me for my success? ‘ and I think that applies in any profession with anyone, men too. FOX4 11 : How many of the actresses do you know that came from difficult circumstances? Wagner : Most of the leading ladies that I write about in the book like Bette and Joan Crawford, they all came from difficult upbringings. Joan Blondell, born in a trunk, created on the stage. But they gave up so much for us. They stimulated such a tremendous impression on all of us and this is a tribute to all of them. That’s the idea of the book. FOX4 11 : Back then a lot of actresses were forced to choose between career or children.

Wagner: Precisely and those are tremendous decisions and a lot of pull in both directions. That’s one of the things we wanted to get across.

FOX4 11 : Tell us about Marilyn Monroe.

Wagner: We knew each other when we were very young. I was under contract at Fox and she was too. I did both of her screen exams with her and she was a very joyous, happy young lady. She wanted to be a star and it was all very exciting for us, it was all new. And it was something we all wanted to do.

FOX4 11 : You write that the rumor around town was that Lana Turner was a nymphomaniac. Do you think she was?

Wagner: I don’t know, I wish I could have found out!

FOX4 11 : Any actress you wished you’d had an affair with

Wagner: Many, many!

FOX4 11: Any you regret?

Wagner: No, I don’t regret any of those!

FOX4 11: You’re on “NCIS.” Why do you think it’s so popular?

Wagner: I suppose because it’s a family and the show is run so well by Mark Harmon and the producers. They satisfy with the writing. They’re all dedicated to it. Sometimes they come in even when they’re not filming. It’s a wonderful atmosphere to be involved in.

The undefeated American has said a fight with MMAs biggest superstar is possible. It may be little more than self-promotion but both men have trouble resisting a big payday

On Saturday, Floyd Mayweather called a fight with Conor McGregor possible. As far as opposes run it would be the ultimate made-for-TV sideshow, almost like a Fear Factor gratifies the Kardashians. It would offer little in athletic value, even less in benefit to society as well as hurting the legitimacy of the fighters choice disciplines. But it would attain millions. And a huge number of people would watch.

The idea that the biggest names in boxing and mixed martial art would collide in a ring( or octagon? or hexagon ?) to the amusement of a worldwide audience seems preposterous. Their worlds and abilities are too different. Determining a way to match them evenly would be impossible. Common sense says the relevant recommendations is too ridiculous to consider.

Except for one thing

There may not be two other athletes in athletics today more gifted in self-promotion than Mayweather and McGregor. They are also humen eaten with making money. Both humen talk about it endlessly, and Mayweather would generate hundreds of millions only by stepping into the ring again.

Ever since he went from anonymity to the biggest name in the UFC, McGregor has talked about getting rich. He orchestrates public shopping sprees and boasts with alternating touches of meeknes and pride of his vast collect of luxury vehicles. After he beat Jose Aldo at UFC 194 his rhetoric turned away from his love of MMA to an all-out discourse on wealth. As his fight with Nate Diaz at UFC 196 depicted close almost everything he spoke about was fund: how much he was attaining himself, how much he was inducing Diaz, how much he was constructing the UFC.

He seemed more interested in the towering face of Mayweather on the side of the MGM Grand where he was fighting Diaz that weekend than the seduce of being the headliner at Julys UFC 200 in the giant new arena across Las Vegas Boulevard. If he longs to be as rich as Mayweather he will probably have to fight Mayweather as ludicrous as that sounds.

By keeping the thought of a fight between the two of them alive, Mayweather and McGregor keep their names in the news. Many expect Mayweather to fight( as a boxer) at least one more period and what better promotion for another big payday? Meanwhile, McGregor needs to keep his conflict with White and the UFC going, combating for control against a president and organization that does not cede power to their fighters.

Mayweather v McGregor is most likely Mayweather v the rest of the boxing world and McGregor v the UFC. Neither Mayweather at the end of his career and McGregor in the middle of his should want to ruin their fighting legacies with a pay-per-view circus. But then again, neither human has ever been predictable, especially when an Everest of money sits on the table. Would they be above diving in, clawing at each others eyes for a one-time reality-show payday like no other?

Fintech startup Revolut has been pestering Asian marketplace expansions for more than a year, but it sounds like it might eventually happen. The company has secured licenses to operate in Singapore and Japan. It now expects to launching its service in Q1 2019.

In Singapore, the company was granted a Remittance License by the Monetary Authority and a Stored Value Facility approval — these two things combined let Revolut users hold money as well as send and spend money. In Japan, the company has been authorized to operate by Japan’s Finance Service Agency.

According to Revolut, those approvings are enough to launch the service in those countries. But not all features will make their way to Singapore and Japan. Regulation varies from one country to another, so the company might not be able to provide the same limitations and feature set everywhere.

At launch, Revolut will focus on the electronic billfold and the pay card. You won’t be able to buy cryptocurrencies, generate business accounts and more. Limits should be more or less the same in local currency equivalent.

In Japan, Revolut says it has already signed deals with Rakuten, Sompo Japan Insurance( SJNK) and Toppan. It sounds like there will be new insurance products, special card designs and more.

Revolut plans to open its APAC office in Singapore. Let’s see if Revolut objective up persuading expats to sign up or if they can have a real impact outside of Europe.

And if you’re a potential user in the U.S. or Canada, you’ll have to wait a bit more. Revolut says there will be more news in the coming weeks.

Amazon wants Alexa to interact with as many people as possible, including the ability to show them things. And that means freeing the virtual assistant from the confines of Amazon’s screen-supporting smart speaker Echo Show or Fire TV — devices that devote Alexa a face( and of course a voice ).

The company announced Thursday at its big hardware event that it’s releasing a” smart screen” software development kit, which will allow developers to bring Echo Show-like functionality to other non-Amazon pieces of hardware. That could entail integrating Alexa into a smart Tv or even a refrigerator; as long as there’s a showing, developers can integrate Alexa into the device.

And there were two companies that are integrating the SDK into devices. Amazon announced that Lenovo and Sony will be bringing Alexa to their devices through the smart screen SDK. Alexa will be available on Lenovo Smart Tabs, a new line of Android tablets, in the” not so distant future ,” according to Amazon.

Meanwhile, Sony will integrate the SDK on all of its Alexa-capable televisions, starting with the music and smart home camera feature this year. Sony will integrate Alexa into other feature that can show you things in the first half of next year.

Summer is upon us, meaning that it’s time to figure out how exactly you’ll be inducing the next three months the best summer of their own lives. Will this be the summer you strike gold and become wealthy AF? Or will you use the incredible beach bod you’ve been sculpting to determine yourself rolling in the Tinder D ? It’s up to you. Well, actually, it’s not. It’s up to the stars, and more specifically, the placement of the stars and planets at the time of your birth. Believe you’re going to have a carefree, fuck-it-all summertime season? Sorry betch, but Mars has other plans. Trying to focus on something than hookups for once in your life? Venus says “no fucking way.” Honestly, it’s kind of beautiful. Just practice this phrase, and your summertime is likely to be perfect: “sorry for what I said when Saturn was in my sign.”

Aries

Even though warmer temps on the horizon have you wanting to really chill out, preferably with a margarita and next to a swimming pool, the stars have a different plan for you. Your pace is going to accelerate in the coming four weeks as projects and due dates start piling up. Fucking bullshit, we know. The good news is, because of the placement of Mars, your ruler, you’re going to get right to the phase in all your copes. Your human, your friends, and your boss better come correct because you’ll have no problem telling it like it is this week. That’s for damn sure.

Taurus

You probably already know, but out of all the signs, you’re the absolute best at handling your finances. In the next four weeks, you’ll have Lil’ Wayne in your head saying “Moolah baby! ” as you’re genuinely working toward a life of cashing checks and transgressing necks, without the transgres necks part, obvi. You’ll be more aggressive in your deal-making and negotiating activities. If you feel like you’ve got too much built up angst , now is the best time to take up boxing or Krav Maga. Like, you really need to release some tension before you transgress someone’s actual neck.

Gemini

Once a year, the Sun is in your sign for four weeks and yassss betch, this is your time! You know what that means? Well un-buckle the fuck up, because it’s going to be smooth ride for the month ahead. Not only will you be riding the high of having your birthday, you’ll also be get a lot more attention, and who among us doesn’t want greater attention? That’s right, everybody wants to be the superstar of the show and that’s you rn, basically. Bring on the gifts, treats and compliments.

Cancer

For the next four weeks, the sun goes into hiding in your chart. Chill out, this happens to basically every sign right before their birthday. It takes some of the attention off you so that you are able to evaluate where you are in life and what you want as far as objectives go. It also gives you a break to scheme the perfect birthday extravaganza. Lucky for you, when the sunshine is hiding in Cancer, it doesn’t wreck your shit as badly as it could if you were a different sign. So, at the least you have that going for you.

Leo

The next four weeks could be the most popular hour of the year for you, and it isn’t even your birthday. Leos are fairly goddamned lucky when it comes to good vibes even when it’s not their birthday month. Anyway, your enthusiasm and charming personality are going to attract more people to your social circle. Do not be surprised if the amount of Facebook event invitations you receive in the next month is somewhat overwhelming. Just respond “maybe” to every one just in case better comes along.

Virgo

The sun is at the very tip-top of your chart for the coming four weeksbasically, it’s acting like a spotlight glistening down on you and your actions. So even though you’ll get a lot more attention, your blunders will be simply that much more visible too. Maintain your Insta caption game strong and spell check your tweets. Also, maybe don’t tweet something super controversial. That’s what saving things in drafts is for, duh. So you can go back and decide if it’s actually funny or just kind of pathetic. It’s not like what you say could get you fired from work( I hope ), but it might get you roasted in the group chat.

Libra

Get ready to feel content AF for the coming four weeks. You’ll probably have that weird feeling like something bad is right around the corner or that you’re constantly forgetting something. Just pacify your tits. Everything is actually altogether fine. Everyone around you is more likely to be totes supportive of your life choices. Even your significant other is super attentive and mindful of your needs. Don’t let your nervousnes about things going too well stimulate you act up. Just fucking enjoy your life for a bit.

Scorpio

Down girl, down. Springtime fever is hitting the Scorpio betch hard as your sexual desire is in overdrive for the next four weeks. That could either be really sexy or really sketchy, depending on how you go about it. Just because you feel the urge, doesn’t mean you should risk your health and safety by tryna hookup with every rando with a Tinder account. Most signs feel like wintertime is cuffing/ cuddle season, but the Scorpio is looking for more than simply a summer fling. You want a dude that can keep up with* coughing* pay for* cough* your summer schemes. Believe long-ish term when you’re swiping for a match.

Sagittarius

Time for an extra coffee and maybe a few extra Lexapros. Fiery Mars is opposite your sign for the next few weeks, entailing you’re more likely to get extra fucking vexed with others. The Sun is also immediately opposite your sign so you need more rest. Even though there is no such thing as a happy camper, you definitely aren’t one this week. That’s for damn sure. The good news is Venus is building you more romantic and inclined got to go and party. So take every nap you can so you are able to appease your fun side as much as possible.

Capricorn

You is recognized that stupid Pinterest quote about “keeping your heels, head and standards high”? Well that’s clich and genuinely fucking riling, but it’ll various kinds of dictate your next four weeks. Bear with me here as I explain. Mars will help you stay organized and super driven for the next month. Your desire to succeed will push you to keep your standard for excellence up while also turning you into a mentor for others. Feel free to share your the skills and knowledge as long as you don’t do it by posting a clich AF caption over a thirst trap pic on Instagram.

Aquarius

Get that VSCO account ready: The next month is the best hour for you to take vacation, attend parties, and, basically, live your very best life. Your responsibilities are at a minimum and your overall vibe is merely generally cool and fun. Likewise, you don’t have a lot of super pressing deadlines coming up in the next months, so if you want to play sick a few days and enjoy the nice weather, you can totally do that without too many people saying “Boo, you whore”.

Pisces

You’ve been fairly focused on the idea that you need to settle TF down and spouse up, pop out some kids, shit like that. Even though the engagement proclamations choking up your social feeds abound, you actually have a lot more to accomplish before you buy a wifey T-shirt and get, like, really boring. This month, it’s important to focus on what you want to do before you really give up all your freedom for the American Dream or whatever it is you think you’re chasing.

I work Mon – Fri and bring lunch every day so I need something I can prep and store in a fridge for 5 hours a day. I’m not too concerned about savour or flavor, as I’m not a picky eater. More looking for cheap& healthy.

I burn about 1300 -1 500 calories per day from run and exercising. I’m currently 32, 6′ 2″, and about 200 lbs. Appearing to slim down to 180 -1 70 ish over the next 6 months or so ).

I love all veggies except raw tomatoes and beets. I’m looking for a weekly grocery list, and maybe even some recipes for lunches of anyone has any. I’m a sucker for steamed broccoli and cauliflower.

Thanks in advanced!

Too many great answers here to thank everyone, so thanks everyone !

Former Facebook VP of News Feed and recently appointed Instagram VP of Product Adam Mosseri has been named the new head of Instagram following the resignation of Instagram’s founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger last week.” We are thrilled to hand over the reins to a product leader with a strong design background and a focus on craft and simplicity — as well as a deep understanding of the importance of community ,” the founders wrote.” These are the values and principles that have been essential to us at Instagram since the working day we started, and we’re aroused for Adam to carry them forward .”

Systrom will recruit a new executive squad, including heads of product, operations and engineering, to replace himself, Instagram COO Marne Levine, who went back to lead Facebook partnerships last month, and engineering leader James Everingham, who moved to Facebook’s blockchain team in May before finishing at Instagram in July. Instagram’s product director Robby Stein is a strong nominee for the product head posture, as he’s been overseeing Stories, feed, Live, direct messaging, camera and profile.

Mosseri’s experience dealing with the unintended consequences of the News Feed, such as fake news in the wake of the 2016 election, could help him predict how Instagram’s growth will affect culture, politics and user well-being. Over the years of interviewing him, Mosseri has always come across as sharp, serious and empathetic. He comes across as a true believer that Facebook and its household of apps can make a positive impact in the world, but cognizant of the hard work and complex choices required to keep them from being misused.

Born and raised in New York, Mosseri started his own design consultancy while attending NYU’s Gallatin School of Interdisciplinary Study to learn about media and info design. Mosseri joined Facebook in 2008 after briefly working at a startup called TokBox. Tasked with helping Facebook embrace mobile as design director, he’s since become part of Zuckerberg’s inner circle of friends and lieutenants. Mosseri afterwards moved into product management and supervised Facebook’s News Feed, turn it into the world’s most popular social technology and the driver of billions in profit from ad. However, amidst his success, Mosseri also supervised Facebook Home, the flopped mobile operating system, and was the officer on duty when fake news and Russian election attackers proliferated.

After going on parental leave this year, Mosseri returned to take over the role of Instagram VP of Product from Kevin Weil as he moved to Facebook’s blockchain team. A source tells TechCrunch he was well-received and productive since joining Instagram, and has get along well with Systrom. Mosseri now lives in San Francisco, close enough to work from both Instagram’s city office and South Bay headquarters. He’ll report to Facebook’s chief product policeman Chris Cox as he did at Facebook. Cox wrote,” Kevin and Mike, we will never fill your shoes. But we will work hard to uphold the craft, simplicity, elegance, and the incredible community of Instagram: both the team and the product you’ve built .”

” The impact of their work over the past eight years has been incredible. They built a product people love that brings joy and connection to so many lives ,” Mosseri wrote about Instagram’s founders in an Instagram post.” I’m humbled and excited about the opportunity to now lead the Instagram team. I want to thank them for trusting me to carry forward the values that they have established. I will do my best to stimulate them, the team, and the Instagram community proud .”

Mosseri will be tasked with balancing the needs of Instagram, such as headcount, engineering resources and growth, with the priorities of its mother company Facebook, such as cross-promotion to Instagram’s younger audience and revenue to contribute to the corporation’s earnings reports. Some see Mosseri as more sympathetic to Facebook’s desire than Instagram’s founders, given his long-stint at the mother company and his close relationship with Zuckerberg. Interestingly, Zuckerberg wasn’t mentioned or pictured in transition periods announcement and hasn’t posted anything congratulating Mosseri as is common in Facebook’s employee culture. Zuckerberg may be seeking to reduce the appearance that he’s playing puppet master and instead does actually let Instagram run independently.

The question now is whether users will end up watching more notifications and shortcuts linking back to Facebook, or more ads in the Tale and feed. Instagram hasn’t highlighted the ability to syndicate your Tales to Facebook, which could be a boon for that parallel product. Instagram Narrative now has 400 million daily users compared to Facebook Stories and Messenger Stories’ blended 150 million users. Tying them more closely could see more content flow into Facebook, but it might also make users second guess whether what they’re sharing is appropriate for all of their Facebook friends, which might include household or professional colleagues.

Mosseri’s most pressing responsibility is likely to be reassuring users that the culture of Instagram and its app won’t be assimilated into Facebook now that he’s running things instead of the founders. He’ll also need to snap into action to protect Instagram from being used as a pawn for election interference in the run-up to the 2018 U.S. mid-terms. While he’ll never have the same mandate and faith from employees that the founders did, Mosseri is the experienced leader Instagram needs to grapple with its scaled-up influence.

New York( CNN) An lawyer representing American Media Inc. CEO David Pecker says his client did not engage in extortion or blackmail against Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Abramowitz said the primary source for the Enquirer’s investigation into Bezos’ love life was a longtime tipster for the tabloid publication. Last month the Enquirer published a detailed tale about Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez.

“This was a source that had been giving information to the National Enquirer for seven years. It was a person that was known to both Bezos and Ms. Sanchez, therefore dedicating his information more credibility, ” Abramowitz said.

With pre-Christmas strikes planned on the rail network and by airlines, thousands of travellers are set to be affected over the festive period. Here, we try to answer some of your questions.

Are any other rail companies planning to strike over the Christmas period?

Southern Rail is the only rail company affected by planned strike action, on Tuesday 20 December and 31 December until 2 January. Gatwick Express services will also be affected on these dates.

But there are lots of lines which will be affected by maintenance work over the festive period: there are no less than 200 engineering projects planned.

No train services will run on Christmas Day and few services operate on Boxing Day.

Elsewhere, major disruptions include 😛 TAGEND

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A lack of access to ponds and the money is payable for lessons drives a racial divide in swimming ability. But after are married, I had no choice but to dive in

If you just relax, youll float. Everyone floats, Monica, the instructor, says calmly while Im flapping my extremities in sheer terror. Im in the deep end of a Los Angeles swimming pool in May, and Im here to learn how to swim.

Swimming is not something I do , nor am I especially fond of being in the water unless Im in a bubble bath. Why? Drowning. Choking. Sinking to the bottom. I merely cant figure out why someone would willfully set themselves in a situation where they could die so easily. Why risk it? I also feel this route about skydiving, rock climbing, and unprotected sexual relations with a stranger in a truck stop bathroom. But here I am today, decidedly taking this step or splashing, if you will afford me the rhetorical indulgence.

Throughout my life, curious folks have often asked about my aversion to swimming, and the conversation has inevitably turned to race. My mother-in-laws friend once told me that she heard black peoples skin was heavier, so they cant float easily. Im not one to stir up difficulty in a social situation. I hate bickers, especially when relatives are involved, and theres no way to win an debate like that. What was I supposed to do weigh my own skin to prove her incorrect? All I could do was shrug my shoulders and say, Maybe.

The reason for this has nothing to do with physical differences and all is do with absence of access. In America, swimming is not a skill were required to learn. Its a privilege afforded to the fortunate spirits who live near a pond or accessible natural body of water, and who can afford to pay for lessons. This excludes inner city African Americans who absence one or both of those opportunities.

I was fortunate to live in a small town in rural central California, in a middle-class military family that could afford swimming lessons. Still, I was about as unconventional as one could be in a very conservative part of the state. My Caucasian father was in the air force and my African American mother remained at home to take care of the kids.

In an effort to get me out of the house and away from the Star Trek reruns that ate most of my day, she tried to uncover me to all manner of extracurricular activities: tap dancing, racquetball, jazzercise, and, eventually, swimming. I repudiated every single pastime, but especially swimming. I didnt ensure the point. I didnt like the water, and as a result I was a dodgy swimmer. I opted expending my time on something I had a preternatural knack for: staying indoors.

As I get older , not swimming fit into a comfy cultural narration: the black guy who cant float. The stereotype became something of a crutch that propped me up, but also made me dependent.

Then I married into a southern California family. They all swim and most of them surf, which is so far beyond my ability to comprehend that they might as well tell me they can bend spoons with their minds or communicate with dolphins. When we went on our honeymoon in Hawaii, my spouse was concerned Id have nothing to do; her childhood vacations consisted of ricochetting from one body of water to another.

As one might expect, the majority of them classes are for children under the age of 15, so finding a course of study that wouldnt include me wearing floaties or singing anthems about water safety was difficult. The Los Angeles YMCA offered adult classes, but I was worried about being intimidated in a large public gymnasium.

Finally, I observed Emily Cohen, an teacher who operates a school called the Water Whisperer out of a pool in Sherman Oaks, an affluent community in the San Fernando Valley. The name alone sounded comforting, presumably because it reminded me of the Robert Redford film The Horse Whisperer, which always seems to put me to sleep when it was on cable. The Water Whisperer website claimed a 95% success rate and explicitly mentioned their ability to train adults to overcome their aquatic phobia. Plus, it was about 20 minutes from my house.

The morning of my first lesson, I fulfill Cohen at her pond. Shes open and non-threatening like a kindergarten teacher, but also possesses the kind of stern, paternal qualities that make you not want to disappoint her. She describes her method as developmental. Its layered, and its structured. Little kids feel safe when they know whats coming next. Theres also original songs, puppets. The only thing more frightening than drowning is marionettes, but I was assured there would be none during my lesson.

She asks me why I dont swim. I mention my fear, and that because so many black people dont swimming, its made it easier for me to avoid learning. Shes not surprised. In fact, she says the majority of adults who come to her are African American. They say they had a bad experience or the family didnt have money. If they came from urban areas like New York City, it merely wasnt a big thing or their parents couldnt afford lessons.